Welcome to the stomach, a chemical warfare zone. This stretchy bag can hold about a gallon of food, and it’s filled with hydrochloric acid strong enough to dissolve a razor blade. Seriously, don't try that at home.
The stomach churns your food into a soupy paste called chyme, which sounds like a name for a medieval knight but is actually just sloppy, semi-digested goo. It stays here for 2 to 4 hours, getting assaulted by enzymes and acid. Fun fact: your stomach lining regenerates completely every few days, because otherwise it would digest itself. And then it slowly dumps the chyme into the small intestine.
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